Orange to Pre-Instal Anti-Virus App into Android Smartphones

Orange has announced plans pre install a mobile security app into Android smartphones sold in several of its European markets.

Orange is to install the "Lookout Mobile Security" application in
France, Slovakia, Spain, and the UK with more markets to come. With Lookout on
Orange phones, millions of Orange customers will benefit from protection from
malware, data loss, privacy threats and phone loss or theft.

Orange customers will also have access to Lookout's recently launched
Signal Flare feature which helps people to locate a phone even after the battery
has died. In addition, Orange markets may offer the premium version of Lookout
as part of Orange bundles and offers, providing additional protection and
privacy controls for customers.

Orange said that in 2011 alone, Lookout located more than EUR5.5 million in
lost phones every day -- a figure which is on the increase and which only counts
the cost of the lost hardware, let alone the associated costs of losing
important data and the time it takes to replace lost data and devices. Depending
on the city, Europeans lose their phones between once every two years to twice a
year on average.

The deployment will start early next year. Orange is also buying a stake in
Lookout through the Orange & Publicis venture capital initiative.

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